Cairo has dozens of buildings and museums housing priceless cultural treasures.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN BRASILIA

While the latter have most of the oil and grand building projects and bling, Omanis remain wedded to 5, 000 years of history and culture, preserving traditional buildings, opening museums and occasionally bemoaning the flash modernism of their neighbours in the UAE.

BBC: Oman��s sleepy Musandam Peninsula

During its first meeting, the Committee will decide on a priority programme to enable the reconstruction of buildings, natural sites and damaged historic urban centres, as well as the restoration of museums, archives and libraries.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

Most can be found in the pavilions and side buildings that act as mini-museums, with rotating displays of exhibits.

BBC: Beijing's once Forbidden City

Italian banks published 433 books on galleries, collections, museums, artists and buildings between 1990 and 1993, and the flow of new titles continues.

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On its tidy streets, cradled in a bend of the Sundays River, are more than 220 buildings designated as national monuments, many of which now house museums, galleries, guesthouses and restaurants.

BBC: South Africa��s arty eastern Karoo

Beyond Ground Truth, Google also aims to improve its service by mapping the interiors of more buildings - the current emphasis is on transport hubs, shopping centres, museums and business that pay for an approved photographer to visit them.

BBC: Google Maps uses Ground Truth project to battle Apple